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But the flowers ! I never saw so many different kinds and such 

 wonderful ones. 



The girls that wished to work for their nature point were 

 required to be able to recognize 25 birds; 25 flowers; 15 each of 

 the following: trees, insects, small wild animals, moths and 

 butterflies. 



The birds, butterflies and moths were what gave them the most 

 trouble as they were so hard to find when we walked over two miles 

 from camp; but as we led such a busy life that was not often per- 

 missable. 



I am very sure that there were very few spots on the Camp 

 grounds but what at any time you could find at least twenty 

 different kinds of flowers blooming within a radius of 20 to 30 feet. 

 Such wonderful ones! Such joy to stop and look. I found 132 

 different kinds while there and at least 20 that I did not know or 

 find in any of my books. Remember please that that was during 

 the months of July and August. What beautiful ones must be 

 there in May and June, also in September and October. 



O, that more people would learn what wonderful joy and happi- 

 ness there is in being able to recognize the friends of the woods and 

 field. Just learn to stop, look and listen, a habit worth while. 



Nature at the Tall Pines 



By Stella Mayo Brooks 



One could hardly imagine a more beautiful environment in which 

 to arouse interest in nature than is found at The Tall Pines, 

 Bennington, New Hampshire. Here within the camp grounds 

 are found the sky warbler and the noisy sandpiper, the delicate 

 lady slipper and the sturdy daisy, the low fern and the lofty pine. 

 With such surroundings the problem of the nature worker resolves 

 itself into the question of the place of that subject in camp life. 

 Its primary object should be the opening of untrained eyes to the 

 beauty about them with the ultimate purpose of awakening an 

 interest in that beauty, which should add to the true enjoyment of 

 life. Most of the girls who enjoy the privilege of simimer camps 

 come from the city where noise and confusion dull a mind naturally 

 awake to the beautiful, and make indifferent a mind closed to the 

 quiet places of nature. Who can have witnessed this apathetic 

 attitude and not have longed to break through that apathy? 



